French/Grammar/Tenses/Past conditional, 2nd form

Formation of the Second Form of the Past Conditional

The second form of the past conditional is a compound tense- it consists of two verbs, the auxiliary verb and the past participle of the verb one seeks to use in this tense.
The auxiliary verb is conjugated as if it were being used in the imperfect subjunctive.
The past participle is added immediately after the auxiliary verb.
A negative structure such as ne ... pas is always placed around the auxiliary verb, immediately before the past participle.

Concepts :	Present participle · Past participle · Gérondif · Infinitive · Past infinitive · Auxiliary verb · Perfect tenses
Indicative mood :	Simple tenses (Present · Imperfect · Past historic · Future) · Perfect tenses (Present perfect · Pluperfect · Past anterior · Future anterior) · Other tenses (Recent past · Near future)
Subjunctive mood :	Present · Imperfect · Past · Pluperfect
Imperative mood :	Present · Past
Conditional mood :	Present · Past · Second form of the past

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